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Definitely not British - yet without them it wouldn't exist ;-}

GDJMSPGDJMSP Posts: 799 ✭
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Well the British fans probably won't be interested - so just pass this one by. On second thought - you might wanna look as this coin came to be struck entirely because of the Brits image

The answer to my question lies in the past - about 700 yrs in the past - that's clue number 1 image Clue number 2 is that this is a French coin - big surprise coming from me now isn't it image

So just what is it that I am talking about ? How can a coin not be British and yet owe its very existance the England ?
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    SylvestiusSylvestius Posts: 1,584 ✭
    Although i know exactly what coin your are talking about you didn't explain the history to me about it, but i actually know that anyway... lemme guess Edward III, a guy named John and a war that lasted a very long time... John did what kings really should let happen to them (mind you Richard I of England did exactly the same)... causes lots of financial problems... am i close GD?
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    GDJMSPGDJMSP Posts: 799 ✭
    Close enough - but then as you say - you already know about this image
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    SylvestiusSylvestius Posts: 1,584 ✭


    << <i>Close enough - but then as you say - you already know about this image >>



    The answer can i believe be found in Keen's - 'England in the Later Middle Ages' trust me i've read all about it whilst revising for my medieval history exam...
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    a2labmoma2labmom Posts: 1,623
    I believe I may know the coin to which you refer. image
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    GDJMSPGDJMSP Posts: 799 ✭
    Yeah that's the problem - you guys get around too much image

    So I'll just post the coin and see if any of those who haven't seen this on other forums can come up with the story behind the coin image


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    1jester1jester Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭
    "... can come up with the story behind the coin." ---GDJMSP

    .....the coin that you'll soon be offering as a giveaway coin??

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    "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9

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    GDJMSPGDJMSP Posts: 799 ✭


    << <i>"

    .....the coin that you'll soon be offering as a giveaway coin??

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    1jester1jester Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭
    We just love the generous type over here, sir. Didn't you know that?

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    .....GOD
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    "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9

    "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5

    "For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
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    GDJMSPGDJMSP Posts: 799 ✭
    Well now - funny you should say that. For in point of fact - that coin was given away. It was given to an Englishman image
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